Tye Dye is an annual retreat event with the intent of delving into important topics related to Play Therapy. The main goal of this group is to forward the practice of Play Therapy in day-to-day practice and to contribute to the play therapy literature. Those trained in any number of theoretical approaches to play therapy are welcome as the program is based on an integrative play therapy approach, and the Play Therapy Dimensions Model, to conceptualizing play therapy practice and decision-making. The Tye Dye study-group is limited to RMPTI alumni.
The Tye Dye study group follows a special format. It is not a series of workshops that people wander in and out of. It is peers presenting to peers and focuses on sharing of interventions, special issues, case examples and theory. It is a time to get together and to discuss topics and create new ideas. It is a time to stay together and to engage in games and fun.
We welcome all alumni for a global study group reunion.
Come Back for the 10th Year Anniversary!
This year’s topic is:
Bringing Nature to the Play Therapy Room and the Play Room to Nature!
October 25-27th 2025
It is time to commit to stop, reflect, and restore with Peers!
2025 is a special year as we will celebrate our 10th anniversary of study, sharing interventions, case presentations, and experiential learning – not to mention the yearly thematically relevant tye dye creations that connect us to our weekend topic and one another. The Tye Dye Community is unique, and we will be doing a retrospect of our humble beginnings leading up to our current topic year. Tye Dye has always been held in Canmore Alberta, but now, Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute lives in the Mountains! We will meet again at the new training room.
Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute is Honored to Host Internationally Renowned Trainer
Maggie Fearn (BAPT Registered Play Therapist™- Clinical Supervisor ECIP; BAPT) from Wales, UK
Oct. 24, 2025
An Exploration of Belonging: nature connection and culture in Play Therapy
what does it mean to be connected
to grow from the earth as our home
to know the ancestors are watching over our children
sharing our joy and grieving our loss
and when the time comes
welcoming our return
This is a call to all therapists who want to purposefully incorporate nature and cultural sensitivity into their play therapy practice. The course will appeal to those working with children, youth, and adults. You are invited to Canmore, Alberta in October 2025 to experience the profoundly therapeutic powers of play in and with nature. We will be exploring what it feels like to reconnect with Earth as home, and, drawing from your current cultural practices, you will have the opportunity to contribute your own sense of what it means to belong.
Increase your knowledge, confidence and skills to purposefully incorporate nature and cultural sensitivity into your practice with individuals, small nurture groups and families. The workshop is designed for experiential learning and reflection, encouraging embodied environmental and cultural awareness to enhance therapeutic use of self in nature-based play therapy practice. Bring your “cultural self” to a day of exploration and engagement with nature.
Early Bird Pricing! Register by Dec 6th
Our New Training Institute
909 Spring Creek Drive
Canmore, Alberta
